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James Alan Johnston (born June 19, 1952 [1]) is an American music composer and musician best known for his time with professional wrestling promotion, WWE.Over the course of three decades, he composed and recorded entrance theme music for the promotion's wrestlers, and compilations of his music released by WWE charted highly in several countries.
Though British wrestler Shirley Crabtree had been using "I Shall Not Be Moved" as his entrance music in the 1970s in the United Kingdom. [3] However, the practice did not become widespread until the 1980s, when the Fabulous Freebirds , Hulk Hogan , the Junkyard Dog , and various World Class Championship Wrestling performers began using rock ...
"The Time Is Now" is a song by professional wrestler and actor John Cena. It is the current entrance theme used by Cena in WWE. Cena recorded the song in 2004 for his debut studio album, You Can't See Me. The song was released on March 17, 2005, as the lead single from the album on Columbia and WWE Music Group.
The format of the wrestling albums changed in 1996, as the focus went from the wrestlers themselves singing to a compilation of various wrestlers' entrance themes. [10] WWF Full Metal: The Album was the first album released with the new focus, and included the Monday Night Raw theme "Thorn in Your Eye" by Slam Jam, a supergroup composed of members of metal bands Anthrax, Savatage, Pro-Pain ...
WWE Anthology was released on November 12, 2002 by Koch Records in association with SmackDown! Records, a division of WWE. [2] Announcing the album, a WWE press release described the album as a "collection featuring the greatest hits, past and present, of WWE Superstar Entrance and Event themes", all but 38 of the featured tracks had never been previously released.
WWF Forceable Entry is a soundtrack album by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE). Released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records, it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hard rock and heavy metal artists and bands.
WWE Wreckless Intent is a compilation album released by WWE on May 23, 2006. The album is the sequel to the previously released WWF Forceable Entry , and like its predecessor it featured rock and metal artists performing versions of the wrestlers' entrance themes.
The Wrestling Album is the debut soundtrack album released by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) on November 9, 1985, at the height of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection era. [2] [3] It featured mostly theme music of wrestlers on the roster at the time. The Wrestling Album peaked at No. 84 on the Billboard album sales chart. [4]